Top Steve Largent Football Cards to Collect

Steve Largent’s RC & More

Date: Oct 21, 2024
Author: Gerard Jones
Topics: Cards and Culture, Football, Jerry Rice, NFL wide receivers, Rookie Cards, Seattle Seahawks, steve largent, wide receivers
Length: 487 Words
Reading Time: ~3 Minutes

Before Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, and Calvin Johnson, before there was indeed even the concept of a dominant wide receiver, there was Steve Largent. Drafted by Seattle in the fourth round of the 1976 draft, Largent would defy all expectations and catch everything thrown his way for the better part of a decade. He was such a consistent and reliable receiver and so constantly in the zone that his teammates called him “Yoda.”

Upon his retirement, he held every major receiving record in the league. To put it in perspective, these were all records that Jerry Rice would have to break, including the most seasons with 50 or more receptions (10) and most seasons with 1,000 yards or more (eight).

And, he dominated during an era when Topps was crafting some of the most iconic cards in football history. These are just a few that you need to seek out and collect.


Top Steve Largent Cards


1978 Topps Football #177 Steve Largent

Player info

• led the league in receiving yards twice
• 13,089 career receiving yards

Set info

• 528 total cards

card back

• vitals, stats from his first two years in the league (in which he never had less than two catches in a game), and a factoid about how he majored in biology in college

1989 Topps Football 1988 Record Breaker #4 Steve Largent

Player info

• inducted into the hall of fame in 1995
• had number retired by Seattle, then when jerry rice came to Seattle briefly, had it unretired for the man who broke all his records

Card info

• 396 card set

card back

• vitals, and a writeup on his record-breaking season in which he set the record for most receiving yards, breaking Charlie Joiner’s mark of 12,146

1984 Topps Football #196 Steve Largent

Player info

• At the time of 1989 retirement, held a then-record streak of 177 consecutive regular-season games with a reception
• did this in an era before receivers wore gloves

Card info

• 396 card set with glossy NFL stars inserts and cards made for individual stat leaders

card back

• vitals, college info, career stat box, and a factoid about one of his best career games: 8 receptions for 155 yards against st. louis

1988 Topps Football 1997 Record Breaker #3 Steve Largent

Player info

• After retirement in 1989, held the record for most receptions in a career (819), most receiving yards in a career (13,089), and most touchdown receptions (100)
• First player to catch 100 tds over a career

Card info

• 396 card set

card back

• a writeup detailing his passing of charlie joiner’s league record of 750 career receptions with 752 as the season closed

1977 Topps Football #177 Steve Largent RC

Player info

• ’80’s all-decade team
• league 100th anniversary all-time team

Card info

• 528 card set
• second-most valuable rookie card in the 1977 set after walter payton

card back

• vitals, rookie year stats, and factoids about his domination as a receiver in college at Oklahoma


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